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TIL Germany has seen an increase in co2 emissions after closing some of it’s nuclear power plants.

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D1vNr TIL, mongooses found in Hawai’i are native to India and were originally introduced to Hawai’i Island in 1883 by the sugar industry to control rats in sugarcane fields and have since caused the extinction of 8 federally listed endangered Hawaiian birds.
vp7r TIL Victoria is the capital of British Columbia
VyEG TIL In 1720, stock speculation caused the value of shares for the South Sea Company to jump from£128 in January to £1000 in August. When the bubble burst, it financially ruined their investors. One investor, Sir Isaac Newton lost £20,000, equivalent to about £268 million in present day value.
neAy7 TIL the medals in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are made from metals recovered from recycled cell phones collected since 2017.
KZVR TIL that Cerberus, the three-headed guard dog of Hades in Greek mythology, takes his name from the Greek word “kerberos”. Kerberos means “spotted”, which means Hades literally named his dog “Spot”.